Asaf Shakarzy
Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolAsaf Shakarzy is a seasoned technology leader and serial founder with over two decades of experience building identity, IAM and security-focused platforms, currently serving as Co-Founder & CTO of an AI-based identity startup. He has led R&D and product teams through multiple exits and major enterprise engagements—most notably founding Velo (acquired by Red Hat) and co-founding CrossID—bridging deep hands-on engineering with strategic product vision. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks, his open-source contributions include stability and feature improvements to Apache TinkerPop blueprints and UI components for Ember.js, reflecting a pragmatic focus on maintainability and UX. Known for turning complex federation and SSO standards (SAML, OAuth, SCIM) into production-ready systems, he pairs technical depth with strong customer-facing communication that drives enterprise satisfaction. Based in Israel, he blends startup grit with enterprise discipline, often tackling the messy integrations between legacy stacks and modern identity architectures.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
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Hebrew, English
Github Skills (16)
component-development10
javas10
uid10
emberjs10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
java10
bootstrap9
bootstra9
html9
css9
event-driven9
eventing9
api8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ember-addons/bootstrap-for-ember
Aug 2013 - Jan 2015
Bootstrap for Ember.js
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:161 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Asaf made significant contributions to the `ember-addons/bootstrap-for-ember` repository, primarily focused on developing and implementing various Ember.js components. They introduced new components like the Badge, Well, and Button, enhancing the project's functionality and providing more building blocks for the user interface. Additionally, the user addressed bugs, and updated the project structure. The user also added google analytics support and made changes to make the UI better.
ember-addonbootstrapember-jsember
tinkerpop/blueprints
Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
A Property Graph Model Interface (no longer active - see Apache TinkerPop)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Asaf primarily focused on refactoring and improving the existing codebase. Their commits involved replacing deprecated methods in the `TransactionalGraph` and adding support for tracking old values when properties were modified. They also addressed issues related to event handling within the graph, enhancing the functionality of the event system. The user demonstrates a good understanding of the codebase and contributed to improving its stability and feature set.
tinkerpopapacheapache-tinkerpopgraphproperty-graph
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